Graffiti memorials in Brooklyn

January 18, 2013

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NEW YORK, NY - JANUARY 17: A graffiti memorial adorns a wall in memory of a man in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood on January 17, 2013 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. Visual memorials honoring residents who in many cases met violent ends decorate many Brooklyn neighborhoods. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo recently signed into law the New York Secure Ammunition and Firearms Enforcement Act, one of the toughest gun laws in the country.

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NEW YORK, NY - JANUARY 17: A graffiti memorial adorns a wall in memory of a man in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood on January 17, 2013 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. Visual memorials honoring residents who in many cases met violent ends decorate many Brooklyn neighborhoods. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo recently signed into law the New York Secure Ammunition and Firearms Enforcement Act, one of the toughest gun laws in the country.